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MN HF2624
Bill
Status
3/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Robert Bierman
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AI Summary
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Expands Minnesota's prescription monitoring program from "controlled substances" to "reportable substances," adding FDA-approved opioid antagonists (overdose reversal agents like naloxone) to the list of tracked medications alongside existing controlled substances, butalbital, and gabapentin
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Restricts access to opioid antagonist dispensing data exclusively to Board of Pharmacy personnel and authorized contractors engaged in program administration, preventing prescribers, dispensers, and law enforcement from viewing this information
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Requires dispensers to report all reportable substance prescriptions to the Board of Pharmacy's electronic database, including prescriber and patient information, drug details, quantities, and days supply
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Maintains existing prescriber requirements to check the database before issuing initial Schedule II-IV opiate prescriptions and every three months for chronic pain or opioid addiction treatment patients
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Preserves patient privacy protections, data retention limits (12 months for most users), and prohibitions on using the database to initiate disciplinary actions against prescribers without a warrant or court order
Legislative Description
Provisions in the prescription monitoring program changed.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy
3/20/2025